Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vartija

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wardijô (whence Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja)).

Noun

*vartija

1. guard

Inflection

Inflection of *vartija

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vartija	*vartijat
accusative		*vartijan	*vartijat
genitive		*vartijan	*vartijadën *vartijoidën
partitive		*vartijata	*vartijoita
inessive		*vartijassa *vartijahna	*vartijoissa *vartijoihna
elative		*vartijasta	*vartijoista
illative		*vartijasën	*vartijoisën
adessive		*vartijalla	*vartijoilla
ablative		*vartijalta	*vartijoilta
allative		*vartijalën *vartijalëk	*vartijoilën *vartijoilëk
essive		*vartijana	*vartijoina
translative		*vartijaksi	*vartijoiksi
instructive		*vartijan	*vartijoin
comitative		*vartijanëk	*vartijoinëk
abessive		*vartijatta	*vartijoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vardja, (dialectal) vardija
• Finnish: vartija
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: vardie, vardivo
• Livvi: ⇒ vardoija (“to guard”)
• Ludian: ⇒ vardoida (“to guard”)
• Veps: ⇒ vardoita (“to guard”)
• Votic: ⇒ (Mati) varrita (“to guard”)

Further reading

• “vardja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vartija”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN